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15th out of 28 books
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Arab Spring, Libyan Winter
The Arab Spring captivated the planet. Mass action overthrew Tunisia’s Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. The revolutionary wave spread to the far corners of the Arab world, from Morocco to Bahrain. It seemed as if all the authoritarian states would finally be freed, even those of the Arabian Peninsula. People’s power had produced this wave, and continued to ride it out. I...more
Paperback, 271 pages
Published
May 8th 2012
by AK Press
(first published April 10th 2012)
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Arab Spring, Libyan Winter more or less does what one would expect, but the execution leaves the reader wanting.
Prashad is a capable and elegant writer that for the first part of the book (around 80 pages) describes the history behind the recent wave of uprisings in the Arab world. Anyone sceptical about the notion that the protests and political transformations in Tunisia and Egypt were 'spontaneous' affairs will appreciate this. The author delivers a decent background to the Arab Spring and p...more
Prashad is a capable and elegant writer that for the first part of the book (around 80 pages) describes the history behind the recent wave of uprisings in the Arab world. Anyone sceptical about the notion that the protests and political transformations in Tunisia and Egypt were 'spontaneous' affairs will appreciate this. The author delivers a decent background to the Arab Spring and p...more
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While the topic should have made this a gripping read, the lack of any kind of cohesive organization made it a slog at best. We find out on the very last page of the book that this is in fact mostly articles spliced together. It may have read better as a collection of articles -- at least then each one would have (theoretically) had a better sense of chronology.
As it stands, the first part of the book (a look at the events leading up to the Arab Spring)is by far the best written. After that thi...more
As it stands, the first part of the book (a look at the events leading up to the Arab Spring)is by far the best written. After that thi...more
(8/10) I complain a lot about nonfiction books that just seem to be padded-out magazine articles. Arab Spring, Libyan Winter, however, seems to take the better part of such articles -- their ability to respond immediately to current events, such as the recent tumultuous year in the Middle East -- and add the kind of detailed analysis that you can only get in monograph form. In terms of political non-fiction, Prashad manages the best of both worlds.
The book's arguments are not anything particular...more
The book's arguments are not anything particular...more
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Sloppy, unorganized, and confusing. It felt like a torture to finish it. What happened to Vijay Prashad, the author of such captivating books like "Fat Cats and Running Dogs: The Enron Stage of Capitalism (2002)," and "The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (2007)"?
I agree with most of the reviews on this site. While on the whole well-written and drawing smart conclusions as always, Prashad misses here due to hasty release and not-so-polished pulling together of articles. It was a bit hard to read because it jumped around, but, I still think I trust Prashad over most others to write and accurate and informed commentary of the Arab Spring and the downfall of Qaddafi.
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